[procps] Re: [PATCH] Clean README
- From: Craig Small <csmall-procps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: procps@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:17:28 +1100
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 08:47:48AM -0600, Jim Warner wrote:
>
> I think you might want to remove that last merge from your combo-merge branch.
>
> Craig was reluctant to add page fault deltas for top because it broke the
> libprocps ABI. The changes that David Cantrell has offered would break even
> the API.
That's correct. If we're going to break the API/ABI then let's put a lot
of good stuff in like removing the exits etc as well. ie it won't be
the next release.
> Even though it might mean some code duplication, I think such API changes
> should be handled as new exports whenever possible. In that way the existing
> API would remain unchanged.
For now or the next release yes. Wether or not you want to bother with a
temporary set of code is another thing.
- Craig
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